small
- adjective
- /smɔl/
- Specialized
- I struggled to decipher the small writing on the label of the medicine bottle.
- small letters
- small print
- small font
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Watch on YouTubeWhich, by the way, is exactly what I think, and that's capital BLM, small letters BLM.
- Which, by the way, is exactly what I think, and that's capital BLM, small letters BLM.
Examples
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She prefers using small letters when she writes in her diary.
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Look at the small print.
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You can see he took some notes here and look how small the writing is.
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Sorry, the print is so small on these things.
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The print is too small without my glasses.
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It's all in the small print, dearie.
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When I tried to read on my phone, the font was too small and I couldn't adjust it.
Academic text (2012) -
Joop Heman had printed his name in yellow paint, in small letters at the lower-right-hand corner.
Fiction book (1998) -
The instructions were printed in small font, making them difficult to read.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Idioms
A small action that leads to a very large benefit for all people
- Informal
An important person in a small group who has more power than elsewhere
Compounds
- Specialized
A long narrow tube between the stomach and large bowel that digests food and takes in nutrients
- Canadian
A person who owns or runs a small company with fewer than 100 employees
Part of the United States government that helps small businesses with loans and advice
- Specialized
A company or stock with a small market value, often under one billion dollars
- Specialized
A small irregular galaxy near the Milky Way that you can see from the Southern Hemisphere
- Specialized
A very serious cancer made of small round cells that grows and spreads quickly in the lungs
- Specialized
A letter that looks like a big letter but is the height of a small letter used for emphasis
An activity of searching for and shooting small wild animals and birds for food or sport
- Specialized
Very small bits of dirty matter in the air that come from smoke and engines and can harm people's health
- Offensive
A man who acts overly aggressive to hide feeling weak or less important
- Specialized
A baby who is much smaller and lighter than usual for their pregnancy length
- Specialized
A common way to connect a computer to devices like printers or hard drives
- Specialized
Amount of heat that raises one gram of water by one degree Celsius at normal air pressure
- US
A grass like reeds that grows in wet places like marshes, often in the southern United States
- Slur
A rude word for someone, often a man, who acts loud and angry to hide low confidence
A small animal like a cat that is active at night and lives in Southeast Asian forests
- Specialized
A small plant that comes back each year with white daisy-like flowers
- Specialized
A large European tree with small dark green leaves grown for its shade and beauty
How Small
Surface Forms
Etymology
Small comes from an old German word smal meaning 'narrow' or 'thin'. A small letter means a lowercase or little letter, not a large capital, which keeps the idea of being less in size.